Kenya: HRW said the government must carry out a thorough investigation of the murder of a Muslim cleric in Mombasa or risk an escalation of religious violence. (AFP)

Mali: The government said it had detected three suspected victims of Ebola. (AFP)

Morocco: US Secretary Kerry arrived in Rabat to meet PM Benkirane before holding talks with FM Mezouar and other top officials. (AFP)

Nigeria: The National Bureau of Statistics said the country could become Africa’s biggest economy when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced. (AFP)

AMERICAS

Brazil: Some 2,700 soldiers will replace the police officers who last week occupied the complex of shantytowns that had been considered the last great bastion of drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro. (EFE)

Mexico: Authorities warned vigilantes in the west of the country to disarm or face arrest after security forces fulfilled the “self-defense” militia’s demand that they take down top drug lords. (AFP)

Venezuela: A member of the right-wing opposition Popular Will party was arrested for setting fire to the Ministry of Housing and Habitat Tuesday. (Xinhua)